Dr. Carl Loper's name has become synonymous with cast iron. To celebrate his momentus achievements, which include the AFS God Medal (1972), AFS Best Paper Award (1967, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1986) and the Howard F. Taylor Award (1967), Dr. Loper's former students and associates present The Carl Loper Cast Iron Symposium, which will be held May 27-29, 2009 at the Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. The goal of this conference will be to review the fundamentals of cast iron solidification and recent developments in production and applications of the material. To view abstracts for the conference, click here. Paper submissions are due March 15, 2009, and should be submitted to:

Prof. D.M. Stefanescu, Conference Chairman

Dept. material Sc. & Eng., The Ohio State Univ.

137 Fontana Laboratory

116 W. 19th Avenue

Columbus, Ohio 43210

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Tel: 614/292-5629

Web: http://mse.osu.edu/faculty/stefanescu/

Many well known former Loper students and colleagues are assisting in organizing this event, including:

International Organizing Committee:

• Prof. D.M. Stefanescu, Conference Chairman,  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , USA
• Thomas Prucha, American Foundry Society, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , USA
• Prof. B.C. Liu, Tsinghua Univ., This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , China
• Prof. K. Ogi, Kyushu Univ., This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , Japan
• Prof. G. X. Sun, Southeast Univ., Nanjing, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , China
• Prof. R. Voigt, Pennsylvania State Univ., This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , USA

Conference Secretariat

Conference Papers:

Prof. D.M. Stefanescu

Conference Logistics:

Prof. R. Voigt

Tentative schedule:        

May 27               

2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.                                                                                                                        
Participant registration
Clarion Suties Hotel

6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Opening reception with dinner

1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Technical sessions
The Pyle Center

6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Banquet
Blackhawk Country Club

May 29 
8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Technical sessions
The Pyle Center

12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Conference closing luncheon

The venue for the symposium will be The Pyle Center, Madison, Wis. The host hotel for this event will be the Clarion Suites, Madison Wis. Special group pricing is available by mentioning the Loper Symposium. For more information, contact

Dr. Loper (r) works with a student at the Univ. of Wisc.- Madison.